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HOST
Definition of HOST
noun
One which receives or entertains a guest, socially, commercially, or officially.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English hoste, from Old French oste (French: hôte), from Latin hospitem, accusative of hospes (“a host, also a sojourner, visitor, guest; hence, a foreigner, a stranger”), from *hostipotis, an old compound of hostis and the root of potis, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰóstipotis (“master of guests”), from *gʰóstis (“stranger, guest, enemy”) and *pótis (“owner, master, host, husband”). Used in English since 13th century.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HOST in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 1, 22 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 105, 2 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 48, 7 July 2026.
Also on
Built from these letters
HOST starts with H and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read HOST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
4 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start HOST
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 1
Could you have found HOST?
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